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Comixology now allows DRM-free comics
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I just got an email from them about this telling me some of my stuff was available for "DRM-free backup". The non-ability to download an actual file I can use on various things is the number one thing that's kept me from "buying" more than freebies for the most part where comics are concerned. Too bad we'll likely never see Marvel or DC go this route.
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Nice! We'd have a chance to read those on standard E-Ink devices.
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Over 200 of my comics are available for download. YES!
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DRM free comics is great, now what about DRM free e-books Jeff?!
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Does this apply to existing comics?
No epub format to backup to? |
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Yes, depending on publisher. Not all are offering their books DRM-free.
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A cbz is just a (renamed) zip file full of jpgs. Rename it from cbz to zip and you can extract a folder full of ordinary images you can view anywhere and do anything with. For backup/insurance purposes it doesn't get any cleaner. Very good move. |
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Got the email for this the other day, checked my account page and saw that a good number of my comics are available for backup. Great move on their part; will definitely allay the niggling fear I always have when buying from a system with DRM.
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My backup in total was about 8GB.
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Just leave it as is. 8 gb may sound a lot, but anymore it is just nothing. Sure, 8gb would hold a ton of non graphic books - more than you have time to read in a lifetime. Compressing the comics again will degrade their quality even more. Probably still plenty good for printing out, but for reading on display you want the best quality possible. Compression artefacts show up prominently onscreen, not so much on paper.
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And 8GB isn't that much, especially compared to current hard drive sizes. My comic collection is more than 15 times that size ![]() |
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Resizing is the easiest to do: Windows has the functionality built-in. You rename the cbz to zip and extract the jpegs. Then: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...gital-pictures Recompressing can be done with this: http://icompressor.blogspot.com/2008...ree-image.html Since 8 GB is only about two single-sided DVDs worth of data, you might want to archive the originals on disk before experimenting with them. Last edited by fjtorres; 07-25-2014 at 11:03 PM. |
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I could probably automate it with Automator on my Mac. I'll look into it. I just want to shave a few 100 pixels off.
I just opened one up, and it's 1988x3056, the iPad Mini is 1024x768, and my computer monitor is 1366x768 in comparison. This is how it looks like at 100% on my monitor: I have to shrink it down to 25% before it fits on my screen. At 828x1273 it's only 432KB, compared to the original 1.4MB. This shouldn't be a problem I don't think? The text and graphics look fine at this size. I would keep my originals of course, and just have these smaller versions for the iPad. |
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